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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 734 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | 16 ST DUNSTAN'S STREET |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1799 16 St Dunstan's St
| Grid Reference: | TR 1452 5815 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1700 AD to 2050 AD)
- INN (Post Medieval to Modern - 1862 AD? to 1906 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1241808: 16 ST DUNSTAN'S STREET |
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Full description
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Description from record TR 15 NW 389:
No 16 St Dunstan's Street [TR 14525815 sited from OS 1/1250 1971]. Grade II. 18th century front to older building. (1) No 16 St Dunstan's Street. Timber framed building, probably two unit 16th century. (2)
The Canterbury UAD states that:
The Kent Arms was first recorded as a licensed house in 1862. (3)
Directories name the folloiwng as innkeepers;
1862 Henry Benjamin
1865/67 Miss Julia Martin
1889 Mr J A Brock
1900 Mr C W Birch
The inn closed in 1906 (3)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 ST DUNSTAN'S STREET (North East Side)
No 16 TR 1458 SE 2/308
II GV
2. C18 front to older building. 2 storeys the 1st floor now rendered. Tiled roof with 1 hipped dormer and coping. 3 light canted Day on tile 1st floor with restored glazing. Ground floor has later shopfront. The rear elevation is part weatherboarded with a gable and 1 casement. Grade II for group value.
Nos 5 to 16 (consec) form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1452658164 (4)
<1> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 211 (OS Card Reference). SKE40044.
<2> Hist Builds Survey Cant City Council/ RCHME 57035 2 of 29 (OS Card Reference). SKE43832.
<3> Wilmot, E., 1992, Eighty Lost Inns of Canterbury (Monograph). SKE29747.
<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 211. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Hist Builds Survey Cant City Council/ RCHME 57035 2 of 29. |
| <3> | Monograph: Wilmot, E.. 1992. Eighty Lost Inns of Canterbury. |
| <4>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #23939 Listed Building, ] |
